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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo WILEY M. GRISHAM, OF WINCHESTER, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,915, dated October21, 1884.'

Application tiled February 8, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, WILEY M. GRISHAM, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at NVinchester, in the county of Scott and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a description.

This invention relates to that class of gates used on farm-roads: and ithas for its objeetto provide means whereby a rider may open the gate onapproaching it and may close it on 'leaving without dismounting.

To this end my invention consists in means for first raising thegate-latch and afterward opening the gate by one and thesaniecontinuousmovement, as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which* Figure lv is a front elevation ofmy gate. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 isa detail view ofthelatch-hook, and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section at x, Fig. l.

A represents a gate madeinany usual form and hung by hinges a upon afixed post, B.

C is the latch-hook post, and D is the latch hook fixed thereto, havingsuch a nose or ineline, d, as will enable the gate-latch E toslidereadily up over it into the hook. The latch E is pivoted at e to thegate to fall forward of its own weight, and it is extended at f to threar ofthe pivot.

F is an intermediate lever, which I call a stirrup. It is pivoted at oto the gate, and provided with a shoulder, b, extending over the endfofthe latch. When swung forward to the position shown in dotted lines,the stirrup hears on the rear end, f, ofthe latch and raises its forwardend out ot' engagement with the hook D. This is done by means of a longhandle-bar, G, which is mounted in the tops of posts H to vslide freelyendwise therein at right angles to the plane ot' the closed gate.

g g are handles on har G, by means of which a rider may operate the har.

I is a brace-rod hinged at one end to bar G and at the other end to thestirrup F.

J is a shoulder on the gate, against which the upper end of the stirrupabuts when its lower end is thrust forward. k

In operation the approaching rider moves the bar G in the direction ofthe arrow. He thereby tirst raises the gate-latch; then, as liecontinues the motion ot` bar G, he opens the gate; then, after passingthrough, he may close the gate by sliding the bar G in the oppositedirection to the arrow. The latch, being free to rise by the action ofthe inclined nose on the hook, becomes caught by the hook. In clos-l ingthe gate the stirrup is assisted to maintain a vertical positionagainstv the thrust of the brace-rod I bythe shoulder J. Thus each partis simple and effective in its operation.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent. is-

The combination, with agate, A, a post, B, supporting the same by meansot hinges, a post, C, having an inclined hook, D. and a latch, E,pivoted to the gateto drop of its own weight to engage the hook D, ofthe stirrup F, pivoted to the gate to engage the latch E, the bar G,mounted on Vfixed supports to slide thereon transversely to the gate,and provided with a handle, and the brace-rod l, connect ing the bar Gwith the stirrup F, substantially as shown and described.

WILEY M. Geist-IAM.

